This volume contains the proceedings of the 7th international conference on Adults Learning Mathematics--A Research Forum held in July, 2000 in Massachusetts. It includes posters and short oral reports under these section headings: (1) Research into Practice; (2) Large- Scale Issues: Frameworks, Standards, and Assessment; (3) Theoretical Frameworks; (4) Understandings; (5) Socio-Cultural Contexts; (6) Mathematics and the Parenting Role; (7) Instructional Approaches; (8) Technical and Vocational Education; and (9) Teacher Knowledge. Plenary papers include: (1) "Eavesdropping on the Conversation" (Roseanne Benn); (2) "A Teacher's Transformation into Teacher-Researcher" (Pamela Meader); (3) "Transitions between School and Work: Some New Understandings and Questions about Adult Mathematics" (King Beach); and (4) "Challenging the Researcher/Practitioner Dichotomy: A Voice from the South" (Gelsa Knijnik). (MM)